COMMITMENT – Make your dreams happen Take positive action. Follow your vision without wavering.
Commitment is the breathtaking moment of making a compelling decision, jumping in, and going forward with gusto. Once a commitment is made, indecision is eliminated—there is no more “Should I or shouldn’t I?” … “Will I or won’t I?” A commitment is not made lightly—it’s about making a decision so strong that there is no going back … like a skydiver who has jumped from the plane!
The decisive act of making a commitment—when we decide to do “whatever it takes” to reach a goal—sets in motion an energy field that propels us forward on our path. At each step along the way, our commitment inspires us to take positive action and overcome obstacles, and pushes us on until we “make it happen.”
1st Grade
Students show commitment when attempting to build pattern block shapes. They need to keep trying until they get it right, which often requires many attempts.
Commitment is prolific in literature. For example in The True Story of the Three Little Pigs the wolf showed commitment in his drive to get sugar for his grannies cake. We use this book as a jumping off point for discussions about things we showed commitment to when pursuing.
2nd Grade
Second grade shows commitment to reading by increasing stamina during read to self. They also are demonstrating commitment during our economics unit by earning money to spend at their Fiesta Market. They are also committed to mastering math facts and strategies to develop math fluency.
3rd Grade
STEM Projects - When students were given the challenge to create a chair caddy, students continued working with the materials even when their project did not work the first time. Students continued to modify their design until the chair caddy was successful.
Third Grade Musical - Five Golden Rings - Students who had lead roles showed commitment by learning their parts, participating in rehearsals and showing up for the performance. The rest of the students took time to learn the music, practice the songs and dances and show up to the performance.
4th Grade
Biography Project - Example uses Abraham Lincoln Exhibiting Integrity and Commitment - but can be done with all of the 8 keys.
5th Grade
Safety Patrols- students make the commitment to serve on safety patrols 4 times a year. It is a commitment that they need to take seriously and show up for each time that they have duty. We tie it into our Social Studies unit and the idea of civic responsibility.
Specials
Music
Commitment is an important key to learn in music class. We perform musicals in several different grade levels. Students make the commitment to learn the instrument parts, lines, percussion parts, as well as speech and singing parts. Once students sign up to perform, they are committed to learning the parts and making the performance a s close to perfection as possible.
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Students in grades 3-5 will hear about the new Newbery Award Winner and Bluebonnet Award Nominee book, The One and Only Ivan. This is an amazing story of the promise that Ivan makes to Stella to get Ruby out of the compound. It is full of emotion as Ivan works through what he needs to do to honor his commitment to make a change for the better and to keep a promise. Students will relate to Ivan doing "whatever it takes" to achieve his goal.
Dyslexia
Dyslexia students make a two year commitment to improve their reading/spelling skills by attending a specialized class every day of the week for 30 - 60 min. per day. This is not easy to do. Think about it - would you like to spend an hour each day doing something that you find to be most difficult? Would you like to take a Chinese language class 5 days per week? Dyslexia students are committed to making their academic lives stronger which, in turn, will make their every day lives better.
Commitment
COMMITMENT – Make your dreams happen
Take positive action. Follow your vision without wavering.
Commitment is the breathtaking moment of making a compelling decision, jumping in, and going forward with gusto. Once a commitment is made, indecision is eliminated—there is no more “Should I or shouldn’t I?” … “Will I or won’t I?” A commitment is not made lightly—it’s about making a decision so strong that there is no going back … like a skydiver who has jumped from the plane!
The decisive act of making a commitment—when we decide to do “whatever it takes” to reach a goal—sets in motion an energy field that propels us forward on our path. At each step along the way, our commitment inspires us to take positive action and overcome obstacles, and pushes us on until we “make it happen.”
1st Grade
Students show commitment when attempting to build pattern block shapes. They need to keep trying until they get it right, which often requires many attempts.Commitment is prolific in literature. For example in The True Story of the Three Little Pigs the wolf showed commitment in his drive to get sugar for his grannies cake. We use this book as a jumping off point for discussions about things we showed commitment to when pursuing.
2nd Grade
Second grade shows commitment to reading by increasing stamina during read to self. They also are demonstrating commitment during our economics unit by earning money to spend at their Fiesta Market. They are also committed to mastering math facts and strategies to develop math fluency.
3rd Grade
STEM Projects - When students were given the challenge to create a chair caddy, students continued working with the materials even when their project did not work the first time. Students continued to modify their design until the chair caddy was successful.Third Grade Musical - Five Golden Rings - Students who had lead roles showed commitment by learning their parts, participating in rehearsals and showing up for the performance. The rest of the students took time to learn the music, practice the songs and dances and show up to the performance.
4th Grade
Biography Project - Example uses Abraham Lincoln Exhibiting Integrity and Commitment - but can be done with all of the 8 keys.5th Grade
Safety Patrols- students make the commitment to serve on safety patrols 4 times a year. It is a commitment that they need to take seriously and show up for each time that they have duty. We tie it into our Social Studies unit and the idea of civic responsibility.Specials
MusicCommitment is an important key to learn in music class. We perform musicals in several different grade levels. Students make the commitment to learn the instrument parts, lines, percussion parts, as well as speech and singing parts. Once students sign up to perform, they are committed to learning the parts and making the performance a s close to perfection as possible.
Support
LibraryStudents in grades 3-5 will hear about the new Newbery Award Winner and Bluebonnet Award Nominee book, The One and Only Ivan. This is an amazing story of the promise that Ivan makes to Stella to get Ruby out of the compound. It is full of emotion as Ivan works through what he needs to do to honor his commitment to make a change for the better and to keep a promise. Students will relate to Ivan doing "whatever it takes" to achieve his goal.
Dyslexia
Dyslexia students make a two year commitment to improve their reading/spelling skills by attending a specialized class every day of the week for 30 - 60 min. per day. This is not easy to do. Think about it - would you like to spend an hour each day doing something that you find to be most difficult? Would you like to take a Chinese language class 5 days per week? Dyslexia students are committed to making their academic lives stronger which, in turn, will make their every day lives better.